"Great Tree Of Peace" Native American dollar Avatar???
CaptHenway
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Take a look at the Mint's website:
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and see where it references the "Great Tree Of Peace" Native American Dollar for this year.
The coins that I have in my hot little hand say "Great Law Of Peace."
You think maybe somebody at the Mint's IT office has been watching "Avatar" a bit too often????
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and see where it references the "Great Tree Of Peace" Native American Dollar for this year.
The coins that I have in my hot little hand say "Great Law Of Peace."
You think maybe somebody at the Mint's IT office has been watching "Avatar" a bit too often????
Numismatist. 50 year member ANA. Winner of four ANA Heath Literary Awards; three Wayte and Olga Raymond Literary Awards; Numismatist of the Year Award 2009, and Lifetime Achievement Award 2020. Winner numerous NLG Literary Awards.
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My error is bigger.
My shot at getting hired by the Mint.
Any chance of selling screen prints of this error?
The name is LEE!
"The Haudenosaunee Confederation, also known as the Iroquois Confederacy of upstate New York, was remarkable for being founded by 2 historic figures, the Peacemaker and his Onondaga spokesman, Hiawatha, who spent years preaching the need for a league. The Peacemaker sealed the treaty by symbolically burying weapons at the foot of a Great White Pine, or Great Tree of Peace, whose 5-needle clusters stood for the original 5 nations: Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga and Seneca."
From here.
The name is LEE!
So, why does the coin say "LAW"?
<< <i>Thank you.
So, why does the coin say "LAW"? >>
I have absolutely no idea...........
The name is LEE!
<< <i>Thank you.
So, why does the coin say "LAW"? >>
Per the Mint News Blog:
"... The reverse depicts the Hiawatha Belt, which is a visual record of the creation of the Haudenosaunee, or Iroquois Confederacy. The central figure on the belt is the Great White Pine, representing the Onondaga Nation. ... Inscriptions include "Haudenosaunee", "Great Law of Peace", "United States of America", and the denomination "$1"."
"... the United States Mint had released five separate design candidates for the 2010 Native American Dollar. Four of the designs featured the "Great Tree of Peace." This is a white pine tree topped by an eagle. ... The fifth design, which was ultimately selected, featured the Hiawatha Belt. Both the Commission of Fine Arts (CFA) and Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee (CCAC) had favored the Hiawatha Belt design."
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<< <i>Thank you.
So, why does the coin say "LAW"? >>
Per the Mint News Blog:
"... The reverse depicts the Hiawatha Belt, which is a visual record of the creation of the Haudenosaunee, or Iroquois Confederacy. The central figure on the belt is the Great White Pine, representing the Onondaga Nation. ... Inscriptions include "Haudenosaunee", "Great Law of Peace", "United States of America", and the denomination "$1"."
"... the United States Mint had released five separate design candidates for the 2010 Native American Dollar. Four of the designs featured the "Great Tree of Peace." This is a white pine tree topped by an eagle. ... The fifth design, which was ultimately selected, featured the Hiawatha Belt. Both the Commission of Fine Arts (CFA) and Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee (CCAC) had favored the Hiawatha Belt design."
Silly me! I thought that thing in the middle of the belt was an arrow head!
The name is LEE!